Milwaukee Bucks vs Los Angeles Lakers NBA Basketball 2025 Betting Tips - Lakers led by Doncic to get one back on Bucks

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Last updated: 20 Mar 2025

Ryan Tucker 20 Mar 2025

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Milwaukee Bucks at Los Angeles Lakers expert tips for Friday, 21st March
Tip-off is at 12:30 PM AEDT at Crypto Arena, Los Angeles
Lakers dominate home games with 28-7 record.
Doncic's high scoring boosts Lakers' performance.
Bucks struggle on the road with 14-18 record.

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Lakers waves his Lakers flag (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Milwaukee Bucks vs Los Angeles Lakers NBA Basketball 2025 Betting Tips

The Lakers will square the season series with the Bucks with a win on their home court where they have been dominant this season.

Milwaukee Bucks vs Los Angeles Lakers NBA Basketball 2025 Betting Tips
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2024-25 Match Results:
2023-24 Season Series:
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Los Angeles dropped 4 games straight on the road recently but then returned to Crypto Arena where they have won 3 on the trot taking victories against the Suns, Spurs and Nuggets.

They are in the midst of a 6 games in 8 days journey with this matchup being the second night of a back to back. The Lakers are still missing a good chunk of their players but Luka Doncic is Luka Doncic and he is holding up his end of the deal.

Doncic took home 31 points in the win over Denver and has scored 30+ in 3 of the last 4 games including 45 points on the road in Milwaukee last time these teams played.

The Bucks kicked off their 5 game road trip with a loss to the Warriors and will face a formidable opponent in the Lakers at home.

Take LA to cover as the Underdog with Luka to go over his points total.

Doncic scored 31 against Denver yesterday and 45 against Milwaukee on the road a week ago.
The Lakers 28-7 home record is the 3rd best in the NBA.
The +3.5 line has been covered by the Lakers in 17 consecutive home games.
Milwaukee are 14-18 on the road this season.

Head to Head

2024-25 Match Results:

March 13th 25: Milwaukee 126-106 Los Angeles

2023-24 Season Series:

The Lakers won the series 2-0

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Milwaukee have lost 2 in a row and 5 of their last 7 heading into this game. They also have a poor road record at 14-18 on the season away from Fiserv Forum.

The Bucks lost by 11 points to a Warriors team minus Steph Curry earlier in the week. Kyle Kuzma topscored for the visiting team with 22 with Giannis adding 20pts, 9 boards and 7 assists to go with 3 steals and 2 blocks.

The bench unit of Milwaukee didn’t do much, contributing just 13 points in a restricted rotation. The team is 7th in FG% this season but 14th in points per game, putting up 114.2 per outing.

Milwaukee Bucks Team News

Giannis and Damian Lillard are listed as day to day as is Gary Trent Jr. Jericho Sims is out.

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The Lakers keep on winning at home despite not having their full lineup at their disposal. LeBron James has missed some time as has Rui Hachimura and Maxi Kleber.

Luka Doncic is picking up the slack though as he has scored 30+ points in 3 of his last 4 games. Austin Reaves contributed with 22 points of his own in the most recent win against Denver who were missing Nikola Jocik and Jamal Murray.

Los Angeles rank 9th in defence, allowing just 111.4 pts per game to their opponents which shortens to 109.2 per game and 5th in the league adjusted for games played at home.